Microsoft shutters AltspaceVR amid company-wide layoffs

<img width="578" height="325" src="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?fit=578%2C325&strip=all" alt="Altspace VR lets you build your own world in VR." loading="lazy" srcset="https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=1200&strip=all 1200w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=300&strip=all 300w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=768&strip=all 768w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=800&strip=all 800w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=400&strip=all 400w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=750&strip=all 750w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=578&strip=all 578w, https://venturebeat.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/AltspaceVR.jpg?w=930&strip=all 930w" sizes="(max-width: 578px) 100vw, 578px">AltspaceVR, a social VR platform Microsoft acquired in 2017, is sunsetting as the company institutes cost-cutting measures. Read More